Speeches
- Written by: John Mica, Former US Congressman (1993 – 2017)
“Our citizens cannot prosper if they live in turmoil brought about by radical acts of violence or trafficking of illegal narcotics. Only by nations joining together can we succeed in resolving the major obstacles we currently face. It is my belief that that will be the only path to bringing security and safety to our countries and the world.”
- Written by: Hon. Khuon Sudary, Second Vice President, National Assembly of Cambodia
“The biggest question is not about what and how; it is about the will to bring about positive peace that paves the way for social and economic development based on rules of law and respect for universal values.”
- Written by: Neil Bush, Chairman, Points of Light Foundation & CEO, Neil Bush Global Advisors
“I often think about how amazing the path of human development has been. How a relatively weak and disorganized species that faced threats to survival by the natural elements and by fierce predators has evolved into the dominant force on earth. Humans have a unique ability to record findings, findings that are passed down from generation to generation, with know-how always advancing. The sharing of these findings have led to remarkable medical, engineering, and scientific breakthroughs.”
- Written by: Dan Burton, U.S. House of Representatives (1983-2013), Co-Chairman, International Parliamentarians for Peace
“In 2016 in the U.S. Senate Dirksen Building, Mother Moon, together with 120 members of Congress, hosted by Senator Orrin Hatch, founded the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace, imbuing it with a powerful vision and total investment of heart to achieve peace, freedom, and prosperity throughout the world. A number of us have put forth some suggestions of issues that impact every person on earth, and that might be worthy concerns for this organization to consider during the coming decade.”
- Written by: Loretta Sanchez, U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2017)
“We are the luckiest generation. We have experienced more freedom, leisure time, education, medicine, and travel than any people in history. Great ideas keep coming. The more we prosper, the more we can prosper. The more we invent, the more inventions become possible. Almost everything is subject to diminishing returns. But the world of ideas is not: The ever-increasing exchange of ideas causes the ever-increasing rate of innovation in the modern world. We will never exhaust our supply of ideas, discoveries, and inventions.”
- Written by: H.E. Goodluck Jonathan, president of Nigeria (2010 to 2015); chair, International Summit Council for Peace-Africa
“A peaceful family unit entrenched in strong bonds of kinship, ethics and a well-established tradition of honor will fight insecurity and terrorism better than any weapons. This is because if we pay more attention to the imperative of producing well-adjusted, rational human beings, it will dry up the human supply lines that feed the cells of terrorists.”
- Written by: H.E. Anote Tong, president of Kiribati (2003 to 2016); Sunhak Peace Prize laureate (2015)
“As a region, our people in the Pacific represent one of the most vulnerable communities to the threats posed by climate change. Our very survival as viable nations in the future is seriously being threatened.”
- Written by: Dr. Thomas Walsh, chair, UPF International
“The summit series of UPF is part of a coordinated, growing and momentum-building peace movement, one that brings a breath of fresh air, hope, opportunity and innovation to a world that is often confused, troubled, with a tragic breakdown of both values and institutions.”
- Written by: Hon. Chuichi Date, President, House of Councillors (2016–2019), Japan
“I would like to express my respect to Dr. Moon, who has circumvented the Earth four times last year alone to promote world peace, inheriting Reverend Moon’s will.”
- Written by: Adi Koila Mara Nailatikau, First Lady (2009-2015), Fiji
“For a Pacific Islander from the Oceania region where our conflicts have more to do with our changing climate than with each other, why does peace in the Korean Peninsula or anywhere in the world matter to us? I will tell you now that we can only move forward together, we can only succeed and truly overcome all of our nation’s problems together.”
- Written by: Hon. David Clarke, Parliamentarian (2003-2019), Australia
“Dear friends, good times lie ahead. That day is coming, that day is getting closer, that day will soon be here when we will indeed see ‘One Family Under God.’”
- Written by: H.E. Parmanand Jha, Vice President (2008-2015), Nepal
“The artificial division of Korea into North and South has been the cause of tension and conflict for so many years and, therefore, the time has come to work sincerely towards creating favorable conditions for the peaceful reunification of Korea, which is in the best interest and wellbeing of the people of the Korean Peninsula and is also in the larger interest of world peace.”